Last Name SWANSON

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Meaning	The son of Swan, i.e. Swain. Also nickname, 'the swan.' Also local, 'at the Swan,' an early sign-name. A variant of Swainson.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish

Rank	375 (2000 US census)	383 (1990 US census)

Count	76,539 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.01%, or 70424 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.59%, or 3513 total occurrences, as black,
0.55%, or 421 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 306 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 834 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 1041 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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